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We humans seem to have an on-again, off-again relationship with facial hair. Prehistoric cave drawings reveal the myriad tools…
We humans seem to have an on-again, off-again relationship with facial hair. Prehistoric cave drawings reveal the myriad tools…
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This could mean big things for canine medicine.
According to a new study through the American Association for Anatomy humans bred dogs to have 'puppy dog eyes' nearly 33,000…
It turns out, we're to blame.
New preliminary data offers insight into why we may find dogs to be so darn lovable. A study found that dogs generally have…
“Cerchi nel grano” sottomarini; flatulenze ricche d’informazioni; muscoli nascosti per uno sguardo più espressivo; e ancora…
New research comparing the anatomy and behavior of dogs and wolves suggests dogs’ facial anatomy has changed over thousands of…
The evolution of dogs from wolves is a long and complex one. A recent study adds some further information to this tale – as…
Собаки были одомашнены более 33 000 лет назад, и за это время процессы отбора сформировали их анатомию и поведение и превратили и…
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A new study explains why humans connect with domesticated dogs more than their wild wolf ancestors. The explanation is simple…
Due cani si fissano negli occhi sostenendo lo sguardo in maniera costante: si direbbe che sono in cerca di guai, perché nella…
In a Netherlands zoo, an elderly chimpanzee named Mama is weak and dying. Elderly biology professor Jan van Hooff, who has…
In another of our monthly blog post written by Science Wordsmith Lucy Goodchild, we explore the findings and attention around a…
From Kaminski et al. (check out the videos in the article): Domestication shaped wolves into dogs and transformed both their…
V raziskavi Univerze Portsmouth so ugotovili, da so psi po tem, ko so jih ljudje udomačili, razvili manjše obrazne mišice okoli…
0000-0002-6784-3980Featured Image: Isisfordia molnari sp. nov., a new basal eusuchian from the mid-Cretaceous of Lightning Ridge…
Les chiens, plus que presque toutes les autres espèces domestiquées, ont désespérément besoin d'un contact visuel avec l’humain.
A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports on the canine musculature that underlies “pu…
An extraordinary new study, examining the anatomical differences between dogs and wolves, has revealed our canine companions…
Keď psy hýbu dvomi svalmi na tvári, ich oči sa zväčšia a viac sa podobajú na roztomilé mláďatá. Uvedenými tvárovými výrazmi si…
Domestication transformed the facial muscle anatomy of dogs specifically for facial communication with humans. The muscular…
Особо трогательный взгляд у собаки, который появился в ходе эволюции, помогает четвероногим общаться с людьми, а иногда ими манип…
Wolves don't have the muscle to make that classic wide-eyed gaze, suggesting strong evolutionary pressures were at play in our…
Domestication shaped wolves (Canis lupus) into dogs (Canis familiaris) and transformed both their behavior and their anatomy. A…
Enlarge / A muscle flex raises the inner portions of the eyebrow at right. (credit: Waller et al.) Humans domesticated dogs…
В процессе одомашнивания собаки научились поднимать внутренюю часть брови. Это движение делает глаза «детскими», что нравится люд…
Avete presente lo 'sguardo triste' che fanno i cani? Gli scienziati hanno capito cosa si nasconde questa espressione facciale…
Odkar so jih ljudje začeli udomačevati, so psi razvili sposobnost, ki je njihovi bližnji sorodniki volkovi nimajo - dvignejo…
Они считают, что их появление обусловлено неосознанными предпочтениями людей, которые способствовали закреплению признака.
What's behind those hard-to-resist puppy dog eyes? New research suggests that over thousands of years of dog domestication…
Washington Post – “The mournful, pleading, eyebrows-up expression dogs make is so familiar that we have made it into an idiom…
In PNAS today an article on "Evolution of facial muscle anatomy in dogs" which argues for an adaptation of canine facial…